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Events Part 1a
Events Part 1b
Events Part 2a
Events Part 2b
100
The island where Circe lives:
What is Aeaea?
100
Odysseus loses all his men but 45 after meeting the Land of the _______
What is Laestrygonians?
100
The cyclops' real name.
Who is Polyphemus?
100
When meeting Elpenor at The Land of the Dead, he asks that Odysseus give him _____
What is a proper burial/funeral/cremation?
100
Odysseus kills Antinous first by _______
What is shooting an arrow through the neck?
200
The island Odysseus calls home:
What is Ithaca?
200
When Helios and his cows are mentioned at the beginning of Book 1, this is an example of:
What is foreshadowing?
200
The plot of the story thickens when the cyclops is blinded because of the _____
What is curse of Poseidon?
200
Odysseus is shaken by the ghost of ______ as he did not know that she had died while he was away.
Who is his mother/Anticlea?
200
Odysseus disguises as an old _______
What is a beggar?
300
The Laestrygones refer to the
What is cannibals?
300
Homer calls out to the muse for _______
What is inspiration?
300
The cyclops is tricked when Odysseus calls himself:
Who is Nohbody?
300
Part one of the prophecy:
What is the men will eat Helios' sacred cows and be killed for it.
300
Odysseus makes promises to the herdsman and swineherd for helping him. He promises them:
What is power?
400
______ keeps Odysseus on her island for seven years.
Who is Calypso?
400
Welcoming strangers into the home is the supreme law created by Zeus and is known as ____
What are Xenia?
400
A common human fault is represented in Odysseus' men when they try and steal the bag of wind. They show the ____ of humans.
What is greed?
400
Teresias, the prophet tells Odysseus that he must sacrifice what 3 animals to Poseidon to lift the curse?
What is ram, bull, boar?
400
When Penelope tests her husband in the final section, what information is revealed?
What is Odysseus carved their bed out of an olive tree?
500
_____ is the head suitor back home
Who is Antinous?
500
The event that kept Odysseus from seeing his wife and son for 20 years.
What is the Trojan War?
500
"If you act like a pig, you're going to be a pig." This is a form of ____
What is irony?
500
When Odysseus says his mother "died of a broken heart" this means she ______
What is committed suicide?
500
The decay and neglect of the kingdom of Ithaca in Odysseus' absence is represented through:
Who is Argos?
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